How to Keep Your Kids From Becoming the Victims of Sextortion

Have you heard the term sextortion? In this age of social media and constantly changing technology, we’re also constantly getting new buzzwords to describe new phenomena brought on by technology. Sextortion is one of those words, and as parents, you need to know what it means. Sextortion, as defined by the website wearethorn.org is “the threat to reveal intimate images to get you to do something you don’t want to do.”

Like it or not, a lot of our kids will face sextortion. I spend a lot of time writing articles begging parents not to give their kids phones with cameras on them and social media access because the truth is, many times our kids can’t handle the responsibility and can’t control their impulses to do something that’s not very smart. I’m not prejudiced against teenagers or tweens — science says their brains simply aren’t developed enough yet.


Jenny Rapson
Jenny Rapson
Jenny is a follower of Christ, a wife and mom of three from Ohio and a freelance writer and editor.

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